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Indeed, there is no shade of doubt about it that the couple has killed their joys and given
enough sacrifices for Kashmir’s(Indian administered Kashmir) freedom….. Beyond their sacred
struggle for right to self determination, they whether in jail or outside (big jail, Kashmir), have been
rendering service to mankind at Ummah-level. These services cover a wide range of activities, which a
true Muslim (Momin) is supposed to exhibit and practice. In jail the patience and somberness of
Muhammad Qasim(Husband of Syeda Asiya Andrabi, the chairperson of Dukhtran-e- Millat, women’s
‘Sunna—the source of Islamic
organization in Kashmir) came out in the form of his thesis
Sharia’.upon which he was awarded the doctorate degree from Kashmir University.
Syedah Aasiya Andrabi has been the epitome of character and modesty. She has
been awakening people of their duties towards their religion. She has been raising
her voice against the immodesty and waywardness emerging in the society. At a
time when men of the society have failed to overcome and control the wrongs and
are watching the derailing fabric of their society as silent spectators or to say that
they are contributing to the same, on the other hand this great daughter of Ummah,
besides her organizational busy schedule, has left no stone unturned in starting and
stimulating the awareness and struggle against the social evils be it the obscenity,
liquor- selling, waywardness, park-culture, ‘valentine’ vulgarity, exploitation of girls
by making them dance in cultural programs or the ‘vande mataram assault’. She
tried to serve the cause by fighting for special reservations for women in buses,
socially boycotting families which demanded dowry. The infamous sex scandal that
eclipsed the horizon of Kashmir’s morality in 2007 was exposed and brought to
accountability(though it was swallowed by politics later) only by the courageous
task of Aasiya Andrabi’s organization Dukhtarane Millat. She has been extensively
concerned about the safety of the chastity of women and their pathetic condition in
Kashmir. She has been reinforcing the efforts for the concept and practice of proper
education for Muslim youth especially girls.
The set of her activities mentioned above, is indeed, the utmost duty of every
conscious Muslim, although unfortunately, Muslims of the present age have
forgotten this foremost duty but at the same time if any pious person takes such
initiative that person, undoubtedly, is the unique-pearl of the human creation.
These activities when seen and analyzed from all view points are outstandingly
tangible with ‘zero harm’. Whosoever takes such activities as a mission is admired
and applauded by the people barring a few improperly educated, selfish and
misguided ones who for social reformative movements feel lazy and incompetent, in
the present evil ridden era, due to the lack of adequate Iman (faith). People admire
and applaud these movements because their aspirations are being at least
represented by someone. This kind of work comes in the primary category of the
social reformation. But it is the irony of the fate of the people at a time when the
whole society is engulfed by social evils and the actual public safety is being
shattered, a woman comes to the rescue for the betterment of the mankind and
inturn she is booked under ‘Public Safety Act’ by the police and locked up in the jail.
What a Hallmark of public safety (Asiya Andrabi was booked under Public Safety Act
many times)!!!
Aasiya Andrabi is not any usual Muslim women leader who is famous for her motto,
strategy or any other peculiar perspective. No! Actually, she belongs to the Islamic
world in a greater dimension.
It needs volumes of publication to describe the contribution and the sacrifices of this couple in its real
spirit and essence. However to conclude, may be these lines of Allama Iqbal (RA) may serve some
purpose:
خدائ
ُ ق
ِ جنہیں ُتو نے بخشا ہے زو
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